German museum removes Elon Musk portrait as ‘Nazi salute’ controversy rages on

The Deutsches Museum has removed an exhibit featuring Elon Musk as the row over a gesture he made earlier this week shows little sign of abating.

A spokesperson for The Deutsches Museum, in Munich, said that part of the reason for the removal of the space-themed exhibit, which featured portraits of physicists and rocket pioneers Max Valier and Hermann Oberth alongside Musk, was because there wasn’t enough space to include a “comprehensive historical portrayal” of the billionaire.

The nature of the exhibit’s design meant it was “difficult to react to current news events.”

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk caused a storm after making gestures at an event marking Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday (20 January), which many people have likedned to a Nazi salute.

“It can always be problematic to

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